Any animators who have wanted a way to quickly do storyboards might want to head on over to DAZ and check out the deal. Storyboard is one of the better known computer apps that handles storyboarding. I've been playing around with it for a couple of days, and have been rather impressed with its capabilities.

The Quick version of the app is the 'lite' level of the software; it uses layered 2D images to assemble the actual storyboards. It inputs numerous text formats, including many of the script software formats, so you can create and print scripts with boards attached. Or you can output the materials as html for web page input, email formats, or create a flash movie out of the boards. You can also create your own library of imported images to use....so making scene architecture and props can be done with a little work. There is a bit of a learning curve, but there's a pdf manual included, so you have the info. Probably the handiest thing is the assortment of screen ratios you have to apply, so that the boards will conform to the actual video format you plan on using, making it a lot easier to block out an actual shot without having to stop and adjust the board for your format.

It looks like this one has found a home in my pipeline. Now to see how hard it is to take a Poser render of a scene element and turn it into part of a library........

Bit expensive for my tastes at this time but thanks for the heads-up.

Maybe some enterprising python programmer will create something similar that can be used natively in Poser someday.

Attached Link: StoryBoard Quick